UGH Really? You are really going to go there?
1) My brother told us he had to work, I had no reason to not believe him. He has always been a hard worker.
So could he have sold his car? Did he have time to? That's the question.
If he could have, but didn't, then that was his mistake. Perhaps it was the one thing that could have avoided this whole tragedy.
Could he have gotten roommates and/or lived withing walking/cycling distance of a job? That's another thing that could have avoided this whole tragedy.
My brothers and cousins FIXED HIS CAR WITH NO LABOR COSTS.
Well, "fixed" here is a little inaccurate, because it still couldn't pass inspection...
I didn't ask you what my brother did wrong
You're right, what you actually said was "Go ahead and explain to me what he was supposed to do here?"
And that's what I've been attempting to do, although I've been wording it as "mistakes that could have been avoided".
6) What part of "probationary until I was 16" don't you understand?
I understood what you said. I merely pointed out that the law says nothing about probationary emancipation.
You claim that everybody bent the rules for you. Okay.
Why would I call the cops a second time after what happened the first time?
You said "So you skip the part where I called the cops and then claim I didn't". I was merely correcting you about that. I didn't say that you should have, but I'll say it now, you should have, even if you think you shouldn't have. Perhaps you'd get a different police officer that would have taken it seriously, unlike the first one who didn't care about your broken fingers. Perhaps the whole police department is corrupt because of your uncle. Perhaps not.
don't smoke and cannot be around smoke. My brother smokes. He grows his own tobacco plants and I am not taking those in either.
Well if that was the issue, then add "stop smoking so that you can live with your sister" to the list of "things your brother should have done differently."
" My opinion" is invalidated? You act like this How about the actual facts as recorded here:
Yes, it is your opinion that, if you were to enter the foster system, you would have been trafficked, since you do not know that for a fact. You can list all the statistics and link to all the articles and tell all the second-hand stories you wish, but that wouldn't change the fact that this is just your opinion.
Similarly one can cite statistics and articles and tell stories about how black people get shot by the police, but that doesn't mean that every black person will die whenever they encounter a police officer. One's belief that this is what will happen to them if they get pulled over is just that, a belief.
I don't doubt that this is what you believe, and I don't doubt that this happens. I only doubt that your family's situation would have worsened if you all would have entered the foster system.
Here's a challenge for you. Name ONE thing you and your siblings did wrong. Just one thing that contributed to the worsening of their situation. Can you do it, or are all of your siblings perfect angels?
Of course I know about their conditions, I have been the one caring for them. Families are complicated. Simply because parents didn't always do the right thing and were not great parents does not suddenly make them not my parents. My parents had health issues. I did not abandon them when they were in need regardless of what they may have done wrong or right in my life. I do not believe me treating them badly is somehow "right" regardless of what they did.
How good of you.
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